diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: tensorflow
 Type: Package
 Title: R Interface to 'TensorFlow'
-Version: 2.15.0.9000
+Version: 2.16.0
 Authors@R: c(
   person("JJ", "Allaire", role = c("aut", "cph")),
   person("Tomasz", "Kalinowski", role = c("ctb", "cph", "cre"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# tensorflow (development version)
+# tensorflow 2.16.0
 
 - The package now Suggest 'keras3' instead of 'keras'
 - `install_tensorflow()` installs TensorFlow v2.16 by default.